Israel has pushed Palestine to the brink of collapse

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A new Report outlines the devastating impact on Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank from the destruction of Gaza’s economy and infrastructure and of the occupation more broadly.  The costs of rebuilding are astronomical and the loss of human capital near incalculable.  The report states: “…extensive damage to infrastructure, productive assets and public services has reversed decades of socioeconomic progress in occupied Palestine. The resulting economic crisis is “among the ten worst globally since 1960;” while the situation in Gaza “stands apart; being the most severe economic crisis on record.”

This article summarises the key findings that need to be fully understood and addressed.  After World War Two, investment was put in place (the Marshall Plan) to help rebuild shattered towns and cities, shattered economies and shattered lives – even in Germany. There is clearly a need for something similar here; and this needs the occupation to end and the ceasefire to be real.

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This article was originally published by Palestine Chronicle on Wed 26 Nov 2025. Read the original here.